Episode 130
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Officially, the one guarding the rear fortress Felix was the scoundrel of the Counts, Philippe. The banner of the Counts’ house was waving high above the fortress, and there were knights in mithril armor, no doubt about it.
And the Duke of Lancaster knew that they had already suffered hopeless losses at the hands of the ‘Black Prince’.
The night was deep and movements in the dark had begun.
In this world, the value of knights is never limited to cavalry charges on horseback. They are beings who have escaped the limitations of the body through aura. When they move under the cover of night for the purpose of a ‘siege’, the true value of knights is closer to that of a multi-purpose special forces unit. A small number of elites who carry out operations by infiltrating the enemy’s rear through detour maneuvers.
The unit of Rosicrucian Knights there was no exception.
The Rosicrucian knights, stripped of their armor and concealed by their hoods, set up siege hooks along the walls of the fortress. Shadows began to race down the stone walls.
Taat!
Defying gravity, he easily jumped up the fortress walls with the help of a single siege hook.
“Oh my, you guys must have had a hard time hitting on those bastards in the middle of the night.”
It was at that very moment. Just as they were about to climb over the wall, a silhouette blocked the knights’ path as if it had been waiting for them.
I didn’t even have time to figure out the man’s identity. In a way, it was a blessing in disguise.
At least you know that the one on top of the wall is one of the seven greatest knights on the continent.
Choaack!
The necks of the Rosicrucian knights hung in the air for a long time.
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A ‘special force’ of about a hundred Rosicrucian Knights was there to take control of the rear fortress Felix.
An elite unit consisting of thirty Auror Knights and seventy Auror Beginners.
The ‘infiltration team’ moving ahead had safely subdued the wall and was waiting for their signal to sound.
Before that, the fortress gate suddenly opened and the drawbridge was lowered.
A cavalry force of about a hundred men began to move along the drawbridge.
The ones riding on horseback were the cavalry of the ‘Knights of St. Magdalene’. The standard-bearer, wearing pure white mithril armor and holding the standard symbolizing the Count’s family, was also there.
Moreover, several of them were ostentatiously wielding the ‘Pure White Aura Blade’. This is proof beyond doubt.
‘You really think he ordered the cavalry out of the castle to annihilate the enemies?’
Seeing this absurd decision, Captain Melius, who commanded the Rosicrucian Knights, could not hide his shock.
Without accurately assessing the enemy’s strength, they abandoned Mercury and sent out their knights to encourage a field battle! Moreover, weren’t most of the high-ranking forces of the Knights of St. Magdalene already annihilated in the trap of the ‘Black Prince’?
I realized that being a genius at defeat isn’t something that just anyone can do.
The unit leader, who was lying in ambush in a nearby forest area, immediately gestured to his subordinates behind him.
The Rosicrucian knights who were waiting mounted their warhorses and prepared for a cavalry charge, heading towards the knights of St. Magdalene under the command of the scoundrel Philip, who were advancing towards their limbs without any sense of shame.
‘Yeah. Unless you’re that stupid, giving up the fortress of Bulkok is not something that can be done with ordinary talent.’
Captain Melius muttered, clicking his tongue in astonishment, unable to hide his delight inside.
“Before waiting for instructions from the infiltration team, we will go ahead and wipe out the main cavalry of St. Magdalene.”
It’s like the enemy is heading towards my limbs with his own feet. Why else would I refuse?
A hundred or so Rosicrucian knights, excluding a small number of infiltration units, formed ranks in the forest area and began to charge.
With the Purifier unit of the Red Tower who joined them early.
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They gave up the advantage of Mercury and voluntarily went outside the fortress. It was not an overwhelming superiority in numbers, and it was practically suicidal.
That’s why the Lancaster’s deputy Melias and the Purifiers of the Red Tower, who were conducting a rear infiltration operation, moved.
“Charge! Sweep away the dogs of York and St. Magdalene!”
“For the Duke of Lancaster! The blood of your enemies will prove your nobility!”
Without hiding the red and white rose that symbolized Lancaster, the knights in armor began to charge at once.
The Purifiers in their blood-red uniforms symbolizing the Red Tower were no exception.
“Become ashes.”
Before the first cavalry charge, the Purifiers’ fireballs raged like a storm, and the flames struck the Knights of St. Magdalene.
The flames of karma that the Red Tower boasts.
It is not difficult to imagine the scene that follows after the Red Mage’s flames have engulfed them. At least, this is true for those who remember the atrocities they displayed during the Empire’s war for unification.
The flames literally engulfed the place, and knights emerged from the flames, as if even the flames could not stop them.
‘Did you block the flames with an auror shield?’
No it wasn’t.
It was a heat so intense that the mithril armor that the Count’s family was so proud of was melting to pieces. Needless to say, the condition of the knights wearing that armor was also needless to say.
There were knights there, wrapped in flames.
There was no trace of human flesh beneath the melted armor. The bones were exposed, and what should have been inside was nowhere to be seen.
Their bodies were nothing but empty shells. They were not living beings to begin with. Even the warhorses they rode on. As soon as he realized this, goosebumps ran down the captain’s spine.
What we have here is no Knight of St. Magdalene, at least not when he was alive.
“Death Knight of the Black Tower… …!”
The Death Knights were there.
The one guarding this fortress is not the ‘genius of defeat’ Philip. It is the ‘black prince’ who once annihilated the Holy Sword and its cavalry and achieved victory in the First War of the Roses.
But there was no time to even say that out loud.
Suddenly, the army of dead knights began to charge, kicking the ground.
Taang!
Almost simultaneously, from the watchtower of the fortress, an unidentifiable slaughtering essence descended. One knight’s helmet shattered and his skull exploded into pieces.
The shadow sniper had just pulled the trigger for his first shot.
At the same time, a hundred Death Knight cavalrymen on the battlefield were charging down on Dale’s enemies.
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The cavalry of death charged, and at the tip of each of their swords was the Black Sword of Saxony.
In comparison, there were only about thirty Auror Knights in the Lancaster force.
Even though Dale had now become a powerful man who hunted down those stronger than the Tower Elder and the Auror Master as if it were nothing, their rarity in this world was by no means something to be ridiculed.
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If this war were fought within the realm of common sense, thirty Auror Knights and seventy Auror Beginners would be excessive, if not excessive, forces to secure one rear fortress.
“Oh, why is the ‘Black Prince’ here… …!”
The noble knights of St. Magdalene, who were carrying the banner of the Earl’s house, would not have been able to agree with the will of the ‘Black Prince’. He had even heard that the scoundrel Philip had safely rescued the Holy Sword from the ‘Black Prince’ and returned to the Marquess of York!
After saying that, Captain Melius’s blood ran cold.
Who was the one who reported in the first place that Philip led the cavalry to rescue the Holy Sword and returned?
It was the ‘black prince’.
Even if they tried to turn around and escape late, the ranks were tangled and there were even many who broke away from their units and fled. The proud knights of the Rosicrucian Cross in the world turned their backs to protect their own lives!
They couldn’t run away by riding on flat ground. They couldn’t escape the range of the ‘shadow snipers’ who were watching the area from the watchtower. Those who had figured out this fact galloped toward the forest facing the fortress, but that didn’t make a difference.
Choaack!
One of the fleeing knights had his throat cut before he could even realize it, and the gushing blood finally revealed his identity.
It was a spider web.
The formation of the shadow assassins. Who would have thought that even the high-ranking assassins of the ‘Shadow Court’ would join here?
In any case, the Lancaster force that attempted to infiltrate the rear was small in number. They planned to join the Purifiers of the Red Tower to take control of the fortress and isolate York’s defensive position from the front and rear.
The trick was discovered, and their opponent wasn’t even a genius at defeat.
Because the fear and cruelty of the name ‘Black Prince’ was pouring out towards the knights of Lancaster.
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Some time later, when Dale finally appeared at the front line fortress where York’s leaders were gathered.
“Oh my, Prince Dale.”
Mistress Titania smiled at Dale as if she had been waiting for this.
“I heard that you wiped out all the Red Tower and Lancaster units that had infiltrated the rear.”
After the victory at Fort Felix, the ‘Hunt of Lancaster’ began in the rear, led by the Shadow Court’s assassins. Furthermore, the Purifiers of the Red Tower who were secretly working with them were no exception.
In the dark and white winter night of the fortress, the embers of the furnace burning in the citadel began to burn even hotter.
“And Sepia, please come too.”
“… … .”
Sepia kept an unknown silence at Titania’s smile.
“As you can see, I will win this battle.”
It was Dale’s job to break the silence.
“And the Blue Tower will convene the ‘Sorceress Council’ as promised, and of course the Blue Tower Lord will have to show up.”
The Tower of Lies and Intrigue. Dale continues his speech blandly, speaking of the one who stands at the very top of that tower.
“Is there anything else you would like to see there?”
“Sepia will be forgiven of the debt she owes you.”
Dale opened his mouth.
“From now on, it is not your job as the Blue Tower to protect Sepia.”
“D, Dale… …?”
Sepia asked back in bewilderment, not understanding the meaning of those words.
“Don’t worry, Sepia.”
Dale continues talking, not caring.
“Even if Lady Sepia hates me and points her finger at me, I will never forget Lady Sepia’s devotion.”
Taking out the ‘crystal necklace’ from his pocket.
The Blue Tower’s hint that it will open its heart to the successor of the Black Tower and that it will respond to that heart.
“Silence will remember you.”
Clang!
At the same time, the crystal necklace shattered, and blue magical power scattered throughout the area.
The puppet strings that were wrapping around Sepia’s body were cut off.
